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OWEN, Norman Richard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 174 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Riverton Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Roll WW1, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board, Tarlee & District Roll of Honor WW1, Tarlee War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 174, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 174, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
Norman Owen's upbringing
Norman (born 1893) was brought up in Sevenoaks, Kent UK. His father (Richard Owen) was Headmaster of Bayham Road Boys School and his mother was called Laura. Norman had an older Brother Horace who served in the Royal Flying Corp in WW1. He was shot down in 1917 and taken as a PoW but returned home after the war. He also had a sister, also called Laura.
Norman's parents came from Coventry, Warwickshire and they returned there after Richard retired.
Submitted 1 January 2020 by Paul Burlison